On August 10, 1999, Los Angeles Police Officers lead children to safety after Buford O. Furrow, Jr. walked into the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills and opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon. The gunfire wounded five people: three children, a teenage counselor, and an office worker. After leaving the North Valley Jewish Community Center Furrow murdered US Postal Service carrier Joseph Ileto nearby. On January 24, 2001 Furrow pleaded guilty to avoid a possible death sentence, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. (Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News) ( North Valley Jewish Community Center Shooting )

Los Angeles Police Officers lead search for suspects after Buford O. Furrow, Jr. walked into the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills and opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Parents wait for information about their children who were in a daycare facility where shots were fired in the lobby. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

A male child victim is carried by paramedics to a helicopter which will take him to Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

A male victim is delivered to Holy Cross Hospital in Granada Hills by paramedics. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Paramedics bring 16-year-old female victim into Holy Cross Hospital following a shooting at North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California, Tuesday, August 10, 1999. She was one of five victims. She suffered gunshot wounds to the right thigh and shin. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

A female adult victim is led into Holy Cross Hospital by paramedics. She was shot in the arm and abdomen. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

All of the people shot inside the center survived their injuries, but Furrow later shot and killed Filipino-American postal carrier, Joseph Ileto, as he was delivering the mail. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

A teen counselor distraught over the shootings is led away from the shooting site by LAPD. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Arwen, Dan, Lila and Bonnie Vidal wait for sister/daughter Emily at the center where Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

A parent hugs her children outside the daycare center of the North Valley Jewish Community Center. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot in the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

LAPD officer James LaForce consoles father David Vered as he waits for news about his son, Adir, inside the North Valley Jewish Community Center. Adir was fine. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Parents and onlookers wait for news about children inside the daycare center of the North Valley Jewish Community Center. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot in the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Parents console each other at site of shooting. David Macalas, 3, speaks with media. He was inside when the shooting occurred. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Waiting behind police lines, a parent is overcome with grief while waiting to learn if his child was among those hurt in the shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. He was later reunited with his child. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

David Macalas, 3, speaks with media. He was inside when the shooting occurred. Five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California Tuesday morning, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Left to right, unidentified LAPD officer, LAPD Chief Bernard C. Parks, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and LAPD Commander David Kalish survey the scene around the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California, Tuesday, August 10, 1999, where five victims, three male children and two female adults, were shot. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Mindy Finkelstein, along with father Dave Finkelstein and mother Donna Finkelstein, raises her hands in response to how she is felling after leaving Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Woodland Hills, Thursday August 12. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

A card with a message from a group in Indianapolis accompanies a bouquet of flowers placed in sympathy outside the Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Buford O. Furrow Jr., 37, faces five charges of attempted murder as well as a murder charge in the killing of a postal worker in the shootings Tuesday, August 10, 1999. Los Angeles Daily News file photo.

Buford O. Furrow Jr., 37, is escorted by federal officials as he arrives in Los Angeles late Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1999. Furrow was transported from Las Vegas aboard a U.S. customs Blackhawk helicopter after waiving extradition in Las Vegas. He faces five charges of attempted murder as well as a murder charge in the killing of a postal worker in the shootings Tuesday at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo) ( JEWISH CENTER SHOOTING )